So I have a finite element space like this:
fes_V = H1(Om_mesh, order=1, dim=5)
where the mesh is a 3-D cube, but the number of components of the functions in H^1 is 5.
Eventually, I try to do this:
a_form = BilinearForm (fes_V, symmetric=False)
and I get this error:
netgen.libngpy._meshing.NgException: Could not create BilinearForm, space-dimension is 5
either define MAX_SYS_DIM with higher value and recompile,
or set flag ‘nonassemble’
I understand what it is saying, but where do I set this parameter? Also, am I going to run into issues when I try to do a solve with multi-grid? I’m trying to solve an elliptic system, which has 5 coupled equations, and is “very strongly elliptic”.
Any advice would be helpful.
Quick answer: Use
es_V = H1(Om_mesh, order=1) ** 5
BilinearForms on finite element spaces with space(…, dim=5) allocate sparse matrices, where the entries are 5x5 matrices, with 5 being a compile time constant. This requires to compile ngsolve for bock-sizes up to at least 5. Smoothers and direct solvers with block-entries up to that size are compiled as well.
Default compilation is for block-sizes up to 3, what is typically used for 3D elasticity.
Adding block-matrices with run-time blocksizes is on the todo list.
H1(…) ** 5
builds matrices with double entries, the matrix dimensions are 5 times larger. No specific compile for larger block-sizes is needed.
You can use u for a 5-dimensional trial-function, Grad(u) is a 5x3 matrix.
Joachim
PS: you provide the MAX_SYS_DIM to cmake
Thanks for the response. Will this alternative way be slower? It sounds like changing the block size would lead to more efficient implementation, but I am guessing.
I’ll try this of course.
We can now define BilineaForms an spaces with arbitrary dimension, the block dimensions of the Sparse-block-matrix is a run-time variable.
At the moment we only have the matrix-vector product, timings are comparable to compile-time fixed block-sizes.
More operations will come.